FDR Outlines Broad Postwar Social Security Plan
President Roosevelt sent Congress a two‑document program for postwar social security and national resource development. The plans aim to assure full employment, guaranteed jobs for veterans, and sustained economic security, drawing on the National Resources Board’s work.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Congress
National Resources Board
United States of America
Ite
United States
Absenteeism Bill Scorned by Perkins
Secretary of Labor Perkins told the House Naval Committee that absenteeism by war workers should be addressed by fixing the cause of stayaways rather than a new law. She supported continuous checks on persistent shirkers and possible fines, with draft-age men potentially referred to the draft board if 18 to 45 and male. The measure would require employers to report absent workers quarterly to the War Manpower Commission and local boards.
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Washington
Perkins
House Naval Committee
Sebor
War Manpower Commission
Selective Service Boards
Budget Bills Pass and Headed to Conferees
Both the House and Senate cleared their biennial budget bills amid filibuster tactics and extended sessions. A joint conference committee will reconcile the roughly 3 million dollar difference, with House at 76,499,061.15 and Senate at 81,959,999, seeking final draft ahead of sine die adjournment.
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House of Delegates
House
Senate
United Mine Workers Leader Attacks Little Steel Formula
John L. Lewis, UMWA president, denounces the Little Steel formula as a vicious scheme and presents formal demands for at least a $2 daily pay rise for all bituminous coal miners. He spoke at the Appalachian joint conference negotiating for 450,000 miners in northern and southern districts, while northern and southern groups prepare separate talks. The union seeks a one year contract expiring March 31 and calls for double time on Sundays, end of the six day week, removal of district differentials, elimination of third shift mining, and full credit for all mine time. Lewis condemns the War Labor Board formula that granted a 33 percent rise after Jan 1 1941 as outdated.
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John Eb
United Mine Workers
Lewis
UMWA
Appalachian
Appalachian Mountain
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
War Labor Board
Please Turn to Page Two for Continued News
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German Transport Damaged by Time Bomb in Trondheim Harbor
Reports from Oslo via Stockholm say a German transport in Trondheim harbor was severely damaged by a timed explosion. The crew ran the ship aground to prevent sinking. Six hostages have been arrested and a manhunt is under way for the bombers, with possible executions if caught. Police rounded up residents, including Trondheim Technical University teachers and students, amid alleged illegal activity charges.
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Storlsholm
Trondheim
Trondheim Technical University
Induction Pace May Speed Up 3 A Registrants
Washington March 10 Taft assistant director of defense health and welfare services said all 3 A registrants may be inducted by mid summer amid debates on farm deferments and manpower. Sen Downey reported armed forces may reach 15 9 million by next January with replacements and civilian workers added the same day Perkins opposed Jonson bill on reporting absent workers to draft boards but warned against simple fixes. The Senate War Investigating Committee urged careful sizing of forces to avoid waste of trained personnel.
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Washington
Charles P. Taft
Office of Defense Health and Welfare Services
Paul V. McNutt
War Manpower Commission
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate
Sen
Downey
Daly Saint
Senate Military Committee
Army
Navy
Perkins
House Naval
Lex. Trimet
Military Department
Tafts
Lend Lease Extension Passes House Vastly With Vote
The House approved a one year extension of the lend lease act by 407 to 6 as it rejected a Republican rider seeking congressional veto over postwar payments. The bill moves to the Senate where foreign relations leaders expect major postwar terms to require treaties.
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Washington
House
Congress
Senate
Theaté
V. Eaton
New Jersey
Foreign Affairs Committee
Crawford
Hoffman
Tone
Fish
Allied 8th Army tests Rommel as Tunisia showdown nears
Allied lines report Montgomery’s 8th Army probing Rommel’s weakened tank corps near Mareth Gap in southern Tunisia. French forces threaten the western flank between Tozeur and Gafsa as Axis defenses tighten, promising a decisive blow to come.
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Montgomery
North Africa
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
8Th Army
Marshal Rommel
Rommel
Mareth Ung
Tunisia
Tozeur
Gafsa
Jurgen von Areny
Bultast
Mattie
Dan Whitefield
Associated Press
Maretha
Tunina
Remmiel
Mareth
Russians Push on Smolensk Front Across Central Theater
London reports Russian forces continued advances toward Smolensk with capture of Bely 18 miles west of Moscow and multiple towns. Soviet bulletins claim repulsed German attacks around Kharkov and gains near Staraya Russa, Vyazma, and Lake Ilmen, while Berlin acknowledges some losses but claims German countermeasures.
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London
Bely
Smolensk
Moscow
Kharkov
Lake Ilmen
Staraya Russa
Ukraine
Red Army
Kherkov
Vyazma
Vyazna
Berlin
Belyiz
Redy
Staraya
Starays Russa Steek
Stara Ramushevo
Caucasus
Novorossisk
Black Sea
Sevsk
Bryansk-Kiev
Red Aemy
Ikharkov
Pay-Go Plan Made Optional Shelved in Budget Fight
Washington March 10 An income tax plan offering a pay as you go option was approved by the House Ways and Means Committee on a 18 to 9 vote. The plan would allow taxpayers to pay current taxes with a withholding levy or continue the prior year method. The committee outlined that 1942 taxable income filers would pay by June 15 and wage earners would enter withholding starting July 7 with an optional switch to pay as you go. A possible 10 percent discount was discussed for those paying off the prior year in July.
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House
Ways and Means
Askip
Democrat Committeernas
Rep
Gearhart
Charleston Tot Gives Sheriff Run-Around
NOVATA Okla March 10 Sheriff Arthur Turner hunted for Daryl Clark Ling a missing four year old after rushing through town and returning home for lunch to learn his aunt and uncle from Charleston W Va arrived to visit. The boy had wandered away earlier in the day.
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Okla
VomSheriff
Arthur = Turner
Daryl Claris Ling
Charleston
W. Va
Daryl Clark
RAF strikes Munich with heavy bombers again
London dispatches report the RAF carried a second night of deep strikes on Munich and Nuremberg with 500 ton blockbuster bombs and incendiaries. German radio claimed cultural targets were hit and the Munich railway area suffered damage near the central station.
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Munich
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Paris
Nuremberg
Shack
Munda Airfield Hit Again in Solomon Islands Raid
United States bombers struck Munda airfield in the central Solomon Islands in two Monday raids, hitting supply dumps and anti aircraft positions and starting large fires. Bombers also attacked Kolombangara island as planes returned safely to Guadalcanal. No American casualties were reported.
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Navy Department
United States
Japans
Munda
Solomon Islands
U. S
Liberators
Kahili
Bal- Tale
Bougainville-Shortland Island
Kolombangara Island
Solomons
U.S
Guadalcanal
Navy
Americary
Vila
Rekwta Bay
Bkahili
Billuie
Toughest Year Foreseen by Truman War Probers
The Truman committee warned Americans of a toughest and grimmest year as it cited three basic weaknesses in wartime effort: inadequate overall planning, conflicting authority, and policy hesitancy. It noted improvements but stressed government and contractors shared responsibility for delays and cost issues.
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Truman Committee
H.esitants
Commie
Office of Production Management
French Revolt Gains Steam Across Nazi-Occupied France
Paris streets and barracks are described as barricaded as German authorities face a growing resistance. Reports from Algiers and Berlin radio confirm attacks on editors and officials, with widespread patrol and guerrilla activity across the country signaling a national uprising against the invaders.
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London
UNS
France
Marcel den
Honci Giraud
Radio France
Algiers
Dest
Pierre Laval
Deal
Wile
Berlin
Sid
Arbouge
Provo Jing
Nievre
Graiving
Paris
Giraud
Charles de Gaulje
Lordon
Europe
de Guude’s
Standley and Molotov Confer in Moscow Over War Effort
United States ambassador William Standley met Soviet Foreign Commissar Molotov in Moscow. The talks’ purpose was not disclosed. Standley accused Russia of withholding the full extent of its aid to the Soviet war effort. Russian radio broadcast the full lend lease report the next day.
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London
William
Five Jap Cargo Vessels Bombed in Southwest Pacific
Allied forces bombed five Japanese merchantmen in the Southwest Pacific. A 7,000 ton ship was hit off Bodang island and left ablaze likely a total loss. Other ships were damaged near Wewak New Guinea and off Regota Sermata. Raiders at Wewak faced heavy anti aircraft fire but returned to base. An Allied dawn strike near Trookand islands shot down a Japanese bomber.
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Southwest Pacific
Allied High Command
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Banda Sea
Booroe Island
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Regota Sermata
Jon
Tanimbar
Wewak
Trookand Islands
Czechoslovakia Opposes Isolating Russia in Postwar Europe
Czech Minister Vladimir Hurban states opposition to any postwar buffer system in eastern Europe aimed at isolating the Soviet Union. He calls for cooperation with Russia, ties Russo-Polish boundary settlement to eastern federation, and backs restoration of pre Munich borders after the war. He notes women from cities working on farms as not a sacrifice.
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